--- product_id: 14570964 title: "The Mosquito Coast" price: "€ 28.20" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/14570964-the-mosquito-coast store_origin: CY region: Cyprus --- # The Mosquito Coast **Price:** € 28.20 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Mosquito Coast - **How much does it cost?** € 28.20 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.cy](https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/14570964-the-mosquito-coast) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: The Mosquito Coast: 9780618658961: Theroux, Paul: Books Review: "Robinson Crusoe adventures led by Captain Ahab" - Paul Theroux is a popular American Novelist and travel writer and controversial author whose publications span an epic era from 1967 ("Waldo") to 2012 ("The Lower River'). He was born Paul Edward Theroux in 1941 at Medford Massachusetts. Some of the fictional works of Theroux have been made into feature films; in 1986 the "Mosquito Coast" stared Harrison Ford in the part of Allie Fox. Theroux has described himself as an "angry and agitated young man" in his early 20s when he felt he had to escape the confines of Massachusetts and a hostile U.S. foreign policy, when he joined the Peace Corps and went to Africa. (Interview with Eleanor Wachtel, CBC Radio, 30th International Festival of Authors, Toronto, October 25, 2009). It is arguably notable that Theroux's angry disposition contributed to the themes of his fictional works like `Mosquito Coast" featuring an angry Allie Fox who sees mankind's advancements in science as mostly garbage; innately defective, confirmed to failure. This future apparition leads to Allie's decision to pack up his family and leave an America that he saw as doomed to failure and ultimate destruction for the remote jungle of Honduras. The adventure of Allie Fox together with his wife and four children is narrated by Allie's oldest child, Charlie, a teenager. The story is contrasted by Charlie's innocence, naive understanding and primal fears with those of Allie's brilliance, overstated confidence and fearless disregard. It is not too long into the tale that the reader harbors a feeling that Allie suffers from some psychosis- deceptions of reality. As the story progresses, the reader finds a distinct dichotomy developing between the science that Allie swears he is leaving behind with that which he brings to the remote region of the Honduras jungle utopia that he founds in the settlement of Jeronimo. In addition to devising a settlement with many of the creature comforts that he left behind, Allie's most profound accomplishment is the construction of a giant absorption ice machine named Fat Boy - a prophetic name derived from the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The machine becomes the epitome of a delusional mind that somehow can justify ice in the jungle as necessary and important but cannot conjure the likes of a rope swing for the children to play on. Like Melville's Ahab, Allie cannot see his destructive obsession even in the midst of failure, which he stubbornly insists was his plan all along; until Allie's fate drags him under like Ahab on the white whale. This is a terrific novel adventure and captivating look at the iconoclast Allie Fox and his family as they struggle to survive in a utopian world devised by a deranged but brilliant mind. I highly recommend this novel be added to your reading list and would rate it memorable. Review: The Mosquito Coast - This is a very good book of one mans spiral into insanity and his drive to take his family with him.It leaves you feeling depressed,but is a good story.Excellent narration. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | 0618658963 | | Best Sellers Rank | #308,405 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,656 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction #7,182 in Literary Fiction (Books) #14,259 in Suspense Thrillers | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (1,602) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.97 x 8.25 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | ISBN-10 | 9780618658961 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0618658961 | | Item Weight | 12.8 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 384 pages | | Publication date | June 1, 2006 | | Publisher | Mariner Books Classics | | Reading age | 14 years and up | ## Images ![The Mosquito Coast - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71WN1A4seML.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Robinson Crusoe adventures led by Captain Ahab" *by M***D on July 13, 2012* Paul Theroux is a popular American Novelist and travel writer and controversial author whose publications span an epic era from 1967 ("Waldo") to 2012 ("The Lower River'). He was born Paul Edward Theroux in 1941 at Medford Massachusetts. Some of the fictional works of Theroux have been made into feature films; in 1986 the "Mosquito Coast" stared Harrison Ford in the part of Allie Fox. Theroux has described himself as an "angry and agitated young man" in his early 20s when he felt he had to escape the confines of Massachusetts and a hostile U.S. foreign policy, when he joined the Peace Corps and went to Africa. (Interview with Eleanor Wachtel, CBC Radio, 30th International Festival of Authors, Toronto, October 25, 2009). It is arguably notable that Theroux's angry disposition contributed to the themes of his fictional works like `Mosquito Coast" featuring an angry Allie Fox who sees mankind's advancements in science as mostly garbage; innately defective, confirmed to failure. This future apparition leads to Allie's decision to pack up his family and leave an America that he saw as doomed to failure and ultimate destruction for the remote jungle of Honduras. The adventure of Allie Fox together with his wife and four children is narrated by Allie's oldest child, Charlie, a teenager. The story is contrasted by Charlie's innocence, naive understanding and primal fears with those of Allie's brilliance, overstated confidence and fearless disregard. It is not too long into the tale that the reader harbors a feeling that Allie suffers from some psychosis- deceptions of reality. As the story progresses, the reader finds a distinct dichotomy developing between the science that Allie swears he is leaving behind with that which he brings to the remote region of the Honduras jungle utopia that he founds in the settlement of Jeronimo. In addition to devising a settlement with many of the creature comforts that he left behind, Allie's most profound accomplishment is the construction of a giant absorption ice machine named Fat Boy - a prophetic name derived from the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The machine becomes the epitome of a delusional mind that somehow can justify ice in the jungle as necessary and important but cannot conjure the likes of a rope swing for the children to play on. Like Melville's Ahab, Allie cannot see his destructive obsession even in the midst of failure, which he stubbornly insists was his plan all along; until Allie's fate drags him under like Ahab on the white whale. This is a terrific novel adventure and captivating look at the iconoclast Allie Fox and his family as they struggle to survive in a utopian world devised by a deranged but brilliant mind. I highly recommend this novel be added to your reading list and would rate it memorable. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Mosquito Coast *by D***A on July 11, 2021* This is a very good book of one mans spiral into insanity and his drive to take his family with him.It leaves you feeling depressed,but is a good story.Excellent narration. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Makes "Lord of the Flies" look like a joke book! *by E***L on January 3, 2005* I took this book with me on my honeymoon to the Dominican and read it every spare moment I got. Theroux is an amazing writer and his voice comes out in the novel as a young teen boy who is caught up in his father's madness. Charlie, the narrator, tells the story progressively from the time "Father" uproots this American family only to set them down in the virgin jungles of Honduras. The father is a genius of sorts as well as a Harvard dropout who believes America has become "Hell" in many ways with its capitalism and poison. The father is undoubtedly a very smart man and his innovations and inventions throughout the book are truly believable and amazing. Theroux has a true knack for imagery. Of course, "Mother" and the other children look up to their father and believe everything he says. AS the novel progresses, the father spirals further and further into his own self-made paranoid madness while dragging his family along for the ride. This book is something of a nail biter, though it has its funny moments. Some of the dialogue between the children is really quite humorous. They call each other names like "spackoid," "crummo," and "thicko," which is of course a telltale sign that it was written in the eighties. Nevertheless, as the book nears the end, some severely twisted events occur, events that you will likely hope for and be repulsed by at the same time. It is slightly reminiscent of "Lord of the Flies" in that it shows what isolation from the familiar can do to people. Honduras becomes a most Godless place for the family known as "The Foxes." As far as I'm concerned, the story reads more like a crazy truth than fiction. The dialogues Theroux gives to the natives in the book are very realistic and the situations and emotions are so vivid that you will not be able to put the book down. At least this was the case for me. After having read "The Mosquito Coast," I will definitely read other novels by this author. He is an ingenious writer. The end will surely have you screaming for more, but, if you are one of those light at heart readers who get sore when the ending isn't happy (i.e. unrealistic) I suggest something else. This one may give you nightmares and a certain doubt in humanity. To sum it all up, it is dark in more ways than one and it involves what happens to the impressionable mind of young Charlie when he is made to live day to day in squalor and to follow the laws of a father who is slowly going insane. 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